Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #68: “Something’s Burning” -Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. This is the highest debuting single for the week of February 14, 1970.
- Single:” Something’s Burning”- Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
- Record Company- Reprise
- Genre: Pop
- Written by Mac Davis
- Time: 4:00
- B-side:” Momma’s Waiting”
- Album- Somethings Burning
- Grade: C
- Peaked at #11 spent 16 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition from 1968-72 had 10 Hot 100 singles with 6 making the Top 40. Their biggest hit was “Just Dropped In {To See What Condition My Condition Was In”} #5 in 1968. “Something’s Burning” did even better in the UK where it peaked at #8. Rogers would leave the band in 1973 and later in the decade resurface as a country -pop star and have scores of hits on both the country and pop chart. Not a fan.
Mac Davis who wrote “Something’s Burning” seemed to be everywhere in the early 70’s not only as a solo artist- but as a songwriter and as an actor. Happily this window seemed to shut by the mid 70’s. His greatest achievement- writing “In The Ghetto” which was a big hit for The King.
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I don’t own a single Kenny Rogers song. The radio wore him out. I have developed a like of his older stuff. He was edgier instead of a chest-hair baring schmooze.
Now, he just looks weird. Hollyweird will turn you into a freak when you trade your soul for stardom. Dolly looks weird, too.
I think ole Kenny spent too much time getting face work- he doesn’t even look human any more. There is nothing wrong with just being real.
Amen. I intend to age gracefully. I wouldn’t be able to afford nips & tucks, anyway.
I think that is the problem with some of those celebrities with more money than they can spend–they don’t know when to stop with the surgeries- they think that next one will correct the botched up one they previously had…
Yeah. Pretty soon, they are hideous and full of scar tissue. Better to spend those millions on a chef that cooks organic food. Nutrition is a better route for health…and exercise…than a scalpel.
I could be wrong but I think they fall victim to- they get a little done- don’t really like it and think more surgery will correct it..
Yeah. The pressure. Quoting Underwood:
“…turned into Oh, No, what have I done…”
I remember being a big fan of “Something’s Burning” when it broke. Yeah, I remember Mac Davis being HUGE in the early 70s.
Mac Davis had his moment- and then its like he was never heard from again.
Yeah, he was HUGE and then fell off the map.
Never liked this song.